Seafarers (SIUNA)

SIUNA's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
Seafarers National Headquarters	Camp Springs, MD	31,731
Seafarers District	Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters Camp Springs, MD	9,841
Seafarers Local	Entertainment and Allied Trades Union Camp Springs, MD	2,435
Seafarers Local 1	Industrial, Prof and Tech Workers Downey, CA	1,463
Seafarers Local	Sailors' Union of the Pacific San Francisco, CA	1,109
Seafarers Local	Industrial Prof and Technical Wkrs Downey, CA	1,075
Seafarers Local	Marine Firemen's Union San Francisco, CA	639
Seafarers Local 2	Industrial, Prof and Tech Workers Downey, CA	595
Seafarers Local	Puerto Rico Caribbean and Latin Amer San Juan, PR	562
Seafarers Local 1	Sugar Workers Union Crockett, CA	299

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The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), which is enforced by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, requires labor unions to file annual reports detailing their operations. Contained in those reports are breakdowns of each union's spending, income and other financial information.

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. For the first five, OLMS requires unions to provide detailed information on any recipient that received more than $5,000 per year.

Total Spent in 2010: $1,563,224.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $82,574.00 (5.28%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $37,010.00 (2.37%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• General Overhead^?: $276,460.00 (17.69%)
• Union Administration^?: $18,506.00 (1.18%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $101,790.00 (6.51%)
• To Union Employees^?: $20,689.00 (1.32%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 31,731

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
MICHAEL SACCO	PRESIDENT	$100,000.00
DAVID HEINDEL	SECRETARY/TREASURER	$63,187.00
LESLIE TARANTOLA	COUNSEL	$21,867.00
		$9,188.00
MICHEL DESJARDIN	VICE PRESIDENT	$0.00
NICHOLAS MARRONE	VICE PRESIDENT	$0.00
NICK CELONA	VICE PRESIDENT	$0.00
ROMAN GRALEWICZ	VICE PRESIDENT	$0.00
THERESA HOINSKY	VICE PRESIDENT	$0.00
THOMAS BETHEL	VICE PRESIDENT	$0.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $3,487,698.00 (0.8557)

Republicans: $548,758.00 (0.1346)

SIUNA's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
Seafarers International Union	$3,958,166.00
Sailors Union of the Pacific	$117,790.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $5,610,000.00

SIUNA's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Marine, Boats & Fisheries	$4,790,000.00
Homeland Security	$400,000.00
Transportation	$320,000.00
Veterans Affairs	$320,000.00
Defense	$200,000.00
Labor, Antitrust & Workplace	$200,000.00
Taxes	$200,000.00
Natural Resources	$80,000.00
Energy & Nuclear Power	$80,000.00
Trucking & Shipping	$40,000.00

SIUNA Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
Seafarers International Union	$5,060,000.00
Seafarers Intl Union/Atlantic District	$390,000.00
Seafarers Mobilization Action Rsrch Team	$160,000.00

Unionized employees can elect to revoke a union's right to represent them through a process called a decertification. In order to decertify a union, a majority of the unionized employees must vote to remove the union in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Total Decertification Petitions: 26

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
15-RD-00912	Alabama Pilots, Inc. Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Great Lakes and Inland Waters District	January 20th, 2009
07-RD-03633	Tecumseh Packaging Solutions Local 1026 United Steelworkers of America	November 18th, 2008
21-RD-02848	Brinderson Constructors, Inc. Industrial, Professional and Technical Workers International Union	May 8th, 2008
12-RD-01031	Tugz Company LLC d/b/a Mcallister Towing of Port Everglades Inc. Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters, AFL-CIO	August 24th, 2007
12-RD-01028	Tampa Pilots LLC Seafarers International Union	April 20th, 2007
15-RD-00896	Alabama Pilots Incorporated Seafarers International Union of North America	January 22nd, 2007
28-RD-00956	Coca Cola Enterprises United Industrial Workers	January 5th, 2007
01-RD-02085	L & M Fishing Corp. Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO	September 14th, 2006
21-RD-02816	Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California, Inc. Amalgamated Industrial Workers Union, Local  2061	February 9th, 2006
22-RD-01411	N.Y. Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corp. Seafarers International Union of North America	May 23rd, 2005

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Unionized employees, business owners, managers, and others often bring labor law charges against unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees the porcess of determining if the union violated the National Labor Relations Act.

Allegation	Cases Filed
Duty of Fair Representation	84
Other Allegations	44
Hiring Halls	26
Hiring Hall Related	11
Union Security Related (including Beck)	3
Threatening Statements	2
Violence/Assaults	2
Repudiation/Modification of Contract	2
Coercive Statements	2
Union Security Related	2
Disparagement of Employee	1
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	1
Fees Excessive	1
Statements	1
Harassment	1
Discipline (including charges/fines)	1